Coal Miner's Daughter Page #3

Synopsis: At only thirteen years of age, Loretta Webb marries Doolittle Lynn and is soon responsible for a sizeable family. Loretta appears destined to a life of homemaking, but Doolittle recognises his wife's musical talent, and buys her a guitar as an anniversary present one year. At eighteen, the mother of four children and busy housewife still finds time to write and sing songs at small fairs and local honky-tonks. This gift sets Loretta Lynn on the gruelling, tumultuous path to superstardom and country music greatness.
Director(s): Michael Apted
Production: MCA Universal Home Video
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 13 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
87
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
PG
Year:
1980
124 min
1,571 Views


Wilt thou love him,

comfort him,

honor and keep him

in sickness and in health

and forsaking all other,

keep thee only unto him

so long as you both shall live?

Mmm-hmm.

Yeah, I will.

Who giveth this woman

to be married to this man?

I do.

Please join right hands.

The wedding ring is

an outward and visible sign

of an inward

and spiritual grace

signifying unto all the uniting

of this man and this

woman in holy matrimony.

Do you two have rings?

DOOLITTLE:
I ain't got

no ring, Judge.

(DOOR CLOSES)

She'll warm up here

in just a minute.

I got a present

for you from Mama.

(UNZIPPING PANTS)

(URINATING)

(TOILET FLUSHING)

Well, go on, get ready

for bed, baby, come on.

(SIGHS)

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

Loretta, you ain't supposed to wear

a nightgown over your clothes.

I'm freezing, Doo.

(LAUGHS)

Get on in there and take off

everything, but your nightgown now.

(WHISPERS) Go on, Loretty.

Go on!

Move. Go on, now.

(SIGHS)

Get off.

Don't do that.

Don't! Doo, no!

It's just a little rough the

first time, Loretty, is all.

Don't worry about that.

Come on, baby.

Don't, Doo. No!

Hush, Loretty.

No, Doo!

No! No.

(CRIES OUT)

This stuff's cold.

It's because it froze between

here and the damn restaurant.

You want a hot breakfast,

you got to go with me.

I ain't going in there having

all them people looking at me

knowing what we've

been doing in here.

Hell's bells, Loretta, do

you think this is something

the rest of the world

ain't caught on to yet?

They don't give a damn.

Baby, it's just a little rough

the first time, that's all.

Didn't seem too rough on you.

Well, you better get

used to it, darling,

because that's what

a damn marriage...

I ain't gonna get used to you getting

on me and sweating like an old pig!

You told Daddy you wouldn't hit

me and look at you already.

Well, hell, I'm sorry, Loretta,

but you drove me to it!

(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)

(DOG BARKING)

Hi, hon.

Look here at this. These

radios are on sale real cheap.

You reckon we could get us one?

(GROANS)

Here, you read that.

Then we'll talk radios.

My gosh, Doo, this has

got pictures in it.

Ugh!

(WHISTLES)

Here, dog.

(BARKING)

Oh, Loretty, that there book,

that thing's helped millions

of people the world over.

I thought it might

do us a little good.

I can't read this book, Doo. It's got

all 'em great big ol' words in it.

Look at this one. Look.

That dadgum word

is a foot long.

Now, what's a foot-long

word supposed to mean, huh?

(GROANING)

Oh, Doo, I don't need no book

to tell me what's wrong.

You just need to be

a little more patient

and gentle with me,

honey, that's all.

I just need a little more time.

Give you a little more time.

Well, let me add up

all these damn things

I'm supposed to give

you some more time on.

You need a little more time

to learn how to cook.

You need a little more time to

learn how to clean the damn house.

Plus you need

a little more time to learn

how to love your man

the way you're supposed to.

Goddamn, is there anything that

you know how to do right now?

Doo, when you gonna get me

that wedding ring?

(GROANS)

Stop making that noise.

You sound like an old bear growling.

Where are you going?

Doo, are you leaving?

No, I ain't leaving.

PEGGY SUE:
Mommy,

look who's here! Loretta!

(HORSE SNUFFLING)

LORETTA:
Hi. Hi, Peggy.

Hi, Donald.

Look who's here, Dad!

Hi, Mommy.

Doo's thrown me out, Mommy.

Oh, thank the Lord.

Maybe it ain't too late

to save you from

ruining your life.

Loretty, you home!

Hi, Daddy.

Mmm!

I believe married life's

making you fat, girl.

(CHUCKLES)

Oh, no.

GIRL:
F, O, D...

Ready, Loretta?

The last time I seen you

I was giving you kids

a shot for the measles.

Here you are an old married woman.

How do you like it?

Fine.

Except me and Doo is separated.

Things happen pretty fast between

you and Doo, don't they?

(HORN HONKING)

Hey!

Hold up there.

Hey, Doolittle, how are you?

Good day, isn't it?

It sure is.

What have you been doing?

No, not a hell of a lot. Working

too goddamn hard. What about you?

Hey, Doolittle Lynn.

Who's that sow

wallowing in your jeep?

What did you call me?

A sow.

That's a woman pig.

(LAUGHING)

Hi, Loretta, I just...

Hey, Loretta!

Hey, Loretta!

I was just fixing to come see you.

Was you gonna bring

your girlfriend with you?

Oh, hell, that don't mean nothing.

She just flagged me down.

I got something

to tell you, girl.

Yeah, I got something

to tell you, too.

Loretta, I am leaving Kentucky.

I'm going out west

to Washington

to get me a job on

a ranch or something.

That damned ol' coal mine's

got me buried alive.

Was you just gonna leave me?

Just long enough to get the

money to send for you.

What makes you think I'd come?

'Cause you're my wife, darling.

I'm your wife! Boy, you better think

of a better reason than that.

There ain't nothing for me

in Kentucky, Loretta.

Except a chest

full of coal dust

and being an old man

time I'm 40.

You ask your daddy.

'Sides that, you got to

come with me, I love you.

You promised Daddy you wouldn't

take me off far from home.

Well, you just have to

make up your mind, darling,

whether or not you're

his daughter or my wife.

Get in. I'll take

you back to the house.

What are you doing

in the bottom anyhow?

I come to see Doc Turner.

You sick?

Yeah, I'm gonna have a baby.

(LAUGHING)

Oh, Lord, Loretta.

You know, darlin', you

might have found something

that you know how to do.

(CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)

It's from Doo, Daddy!

He sent me the money

to come to Washington.

Well, she's late. Reckon she

might have jumped the tracks.

Oh, Daddy, them things don't do that.

Do they?

They've been known to.

Get up here.

Let's see what you weigh.

117?

Boy, Daddy, this baby's gonna be a

big one, ain't it? You weigh now.

It wouldn't do no good.

I wouldn't know

how much was me,

how much was all that

coal dust I swallowed.

(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)

I ain't never

gonna see you again.

Yes, you will, Daddy.

Maybe. But I ain't never gonna

see my little girl again.

Them years has

been robbed from me,

like a thief broke in

and robbed 'em.

(BELL RINGING)

(BRAKES SCREECHING)

WOMAN ON RADIO:
(SINGING)

As I listen to the words

You are saying

It brings memories

When I was a trusting wife

It wasn't God

Who made honky tonk angels...

Thank you, Betty Sue.

As you said in the words

Of your song

Ernest Ray, your daddy

is gonna wear you out

when he gets home.

...married men

think they're still single

DOOLITTLE:
Y'all scared of the rain?

You ain't gonna melt.

Let's go to work, boys.

Come here, boy. Come here.

Come here, my little...

(BARKS)

Daddy, Daddy!

How you doing, Bo?

Hello, darlin'.

Come here, baby.

(GRUNTS)

What did you do all day, baby?

Well, I put up 17 quarts

of this apple butter.

And, Doo,

the dadgum sink stopped up.

And I spent half

the morning fixing that.

Jack Benny, stop kicking

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes

Thomas Rickman

Thomas Rickman (8 June 1776 – 4 January 1841), was an English architect and architectural antiquary who was a major figure in the Gothic Revival. He is particularly remembered for his Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of English Architecture (1817), which established the basic chronological classification and terminology that are still in widespread use for the different styles of English medieval ecclesiastical architecture. more…

All Thomas Rickman scripts | Thomas Rickman Scripts

0 fans

Submitted on August 05, 2018

Discuss this script with the community:

0 Comments

    Translation

    Translate and read this script in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Coal Miner's Daughter" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 4 Nov. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/coal_miner's_daughter_5701>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest writers community and scripts collection on the web!

    Watch the movie trailer

    Coal Miner's Daughter

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.


    Quiz

    Are you a screenwriting master?

    »
    What is the "midpoint" in screenwriting?
    A The beginning of the screenplay
    B The halfway point where the story shifts direction
    C The climax of the screenplay
    D The end of the screenplay